Nobunaga oda biography definition

Oda Nobunaga
Japanese Warlord
In Power	1551-1582
Born	June 23, 1534 Owari Province
Died	June 21, 1582 Kyoto
Nationality	Japanese
Rank	Udaijin

Oda Nobunaga was born in 1534, when Japan was still a fractured country.

Small territories were ruled by powerful local warlords who were frequently at war with each other. However, by Nobunaga’s death in 1582, Japan was not far from being completely unified. Unification was completed in the years after Nobunaga’s death by the daimyos Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Oda Nobunaga was born during a time that is known as the “The Warring Period,” or the “Sengoku Jidai.” This era lasted almost 200 years, beginning in the mid 1400s and lasting until the early 1600s.

It was a time of social upheaval, perpetual warfare, and intense political intrigue.

Beginnings

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Oda Nobuaga was the son of the minor noble and warlord, Oda Nobuhide. He was also an important government official